Vocabulary

• in a state: In a particular condition or situation.
• come from: To have as your native country or city
• save the day: To prevent a disaster or failure; to rescue a situation.
• in the end: Finally; after a period of time or series of events.
• get together: To gather, or come together for some purpose
• answer to: To be responsible to someone and have to explain your actions to them.
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• start off: To begin or commence something.
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• blood red: A very dark or vivid red color similar to the color of blood.
• break off: To end a relationship, engagement etc.
• in the dark: Uninformed about something; unaware.
• in the midst of: Surrounded by; in the middle of.
• perspective: Artistic method of creating a sense of distance
• crucial: Extremely important or necessary
• mental: Concerning the mind
• reveal: To show something that was hidden before
• technique: Way of doing by using special knowledge or skill
• trick: To fool someone in order to obtain a result
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• character: Person in a story, movie or play
• audience: Group of people attending a play, movie etc.
• achieve: To succeed in doing good, usually by working hard
• fear: Unpleasant feeling caused by being aware of danger
• awful: Very bad; horrible; terrible
• emotional: Causing, feeling, or appealing to the emotions
• exist: To be present, alive or real
• convey: To carry or transport something
• irony: Quality of being funny because it is the opposite
• gradually: Occurring in a slow manner over a period of time
• maintain: To keep saying something a certain way
• ordinary: Normal or usual
• wonder: Surprise caused by experiencing something amazing
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• dramatic: Gripping the attention; causing an effect
• disaster: State of extreme ruin and misfortune
• release: To free someone from a responsibility or burden
• suddenly: In an unexpected or very quick manner
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• volume: Number or amount of something e.g. sales
• pace: Rate of speed at which something moves or happens
• harness: To capture the power of something
• guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
• haunt: To remain in the mind causing worry, sadness, pain
• interest: Best or most advantageous thing for someone
• conceal: To hide; prevent from being discovered
• anticipation: Pleasurable feeling about a future event
• suggest: To mention something that could be done; propose
• author: Person who writes books, plays, poems etc.
• secret: Kept hidden from others; Known only to a few people
• sinister: Suggesting evil or danger; threatening
• narrator: Person or character who tells a story
• hideous: Very ugly; frightening-looking
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• protagonist: Main character in a story
• horror: Feeling of great shock or fear; thing causing it
• midst: Middle area or part of something
• fragment: Part that is broken off of something
• suspense: Genre of movies, novels of uncertain mystery
• mansion: Very large, expensive home
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• wind: A current of air moving approximately horizontally, especially one strong enough to be felt
• discomfort: To cause to feel uncomfortable or not at ease
• season: One of Spring, Summer, Autumn (Fall) and Winter
• effectiveness: Degree of how well something works or is done
• relay: To put in new carpet or flooring
• slim: Being thin in an appealing way
• closure: Feeling of accepting a death, divorce etc.
• climax: Most exciting, intense point in a series of events
• fog: Cloudy air that makes seeing things difficult
• unknown: Not being known or famous
• declarative: Of or having the nature of a declaration
• nighttime: Time after sunset and before sunrise